Doctors are working to save the arm of a young woman who was savagely mauled by her two pet rottweilers. Nikita Piil, 31, was attacked by her dogs, Bronx and Harlem, at her Perth home on Pitta Corner in Success about 4.35pm on Saturday afternoon. She suffered serious injuries to her arms and leg and … Read more
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says Ron Barassi’s legacy is being “considered” by the league as it searches for the best way to honour the giant of Australian football that could include naming the premiership cup after him. Barassi, a legendary player and coach who won 10 premierships, died on Saturday at the age of … Read more
Beachgoers came to the rescue after a massive shark was stranded on a Florida beach. A woman caught the dramatic scene on video as her husband and some other men worked to bring the shark back into the water. One of the men said he saw the shark closing in on the beach at a … Read more
Spanish star Jennnis Hermoso has been cut from the Spanish national squad as a result of the World Cup kiss scandal. New coach Montse Tome made her first big decisions as Spain women’s coach when she named a surprising squad for upcoming Nations League matches against Sweden and Switzerland. The squad is in chaos with … Read more
A family-owned butcher in regional Queensland has been named the home of the world’s best tasting bacon. Meat Cellar, in Toowoomba, beat out six other butchers from around the world to take out the impressive win at the World Charcuterie Awards in London last week. The butchery’s short cut bacon rashers were described by the … Read more
US military officials are searching for a missing F-35 jet after a “mishap” caused its pilot to eject and the fighter plane to subsequently go missing. Joint Base Charleston, a major air base located in South Carolina, said on Facebook that the aircraft was a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II belonging to Marine Corps Air … Read more
The worst of Australia’s “unusual” spring heatwave is yet to come, with temperatures forecast to soar up to 14 degrees above average across huge swathes of the east and north. A severe heatwave warning has been issued from Monday to Wednesday in New South Wales, south of Sydney. Maximum temperatures in those areas are set … Read more
A Gold Coast man who took his pet snake out for a surf has been fined. Footage of surfer Higor Fiuza and his carpet python Shiva longboarding at Rainbow Bay, near Snapper Rocks, went viral last month. At the time, Mr Fiuza said the three-year-old snake had been surfing at least 10 times and “was … Read more
A spate of fires sparked by exploding lithium-ion batteries in e-scooters and e-bikes in recent months has prompted renewed safety concerns. Data obtained by news.com.au shows emergency services have responded to hundreds of incidents in the past 18 months, some of which led to serious injury and even death. “We’re concerned about the number of … Read more
Bunnings has been urged to immediately pull a range of trendy kitchen benchtops that have been linked to an incurable disease that’s killing tradies. The national construction union have taken their demands directly to the hardware giant’s chief executive Michael Schneider, warning it was “unconscionable” to keep engineered stone benchtops on Bunnings’ product line up. … Read more
